Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31292193-20170322215318/@comment-31398341-20170425104846

Craftloomia11 wrote: + If I had another Manaphy, I would use it as a Sweeper and stop Complaining about the EV's anyone can make a desicion. I'm not using Manaphy as a Tank, I just want it to take hits from super effective moves geez 252 Atk Life Orb Technician Breloom Bullet Seed (3 hits) vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Manaphy: 381-453 (111.7 - 132.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 SpA Life Orb Shaymin-Sky Energy Ball vs. 0 HP / 252 SpD Manaphy: 283-338 (82.9 - 99.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ SpA Venusaur-Mega Leaf Storm vs. 0 HP / 252 SpD Manaphy: 354-416 (103.8 - 121.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

It still cannot tank super effective hits. It cannot even tank non-super effective moves.

252+ Atk Huge Power Mawile-Mega Play Rough vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Manaphy: 220-259 (64.5 - 75.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ Atk Aerilate Salamence-Mega Double-Edge vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Manaphy: 240-283 (70.3 - 82.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

Setting Tail Glow and retaliate with powerful Scald first is better than tanking a hit and then KO afterwards. It cannot even KO super effective hits if not invested in SpAttack.

0 SpA Manaphy Ice Beam vs. 80 HP / 0 SpD Salamence-Mega: 284-336 (80.9 - 95.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

0 SpA Manaphy Ice Beam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Breloom: 196-232 (75 - 88.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Neutral hits are outright weak, even after Tail Glow boost it still cannot KO pokemon with low special bulk.

+3 0 SpA Manaphy Scald vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Mawile-Mega: 223-264 (73.3 - 86.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Just stating facts on those calculations. I would recommend speed and Spatk to outrun those mons and have enough power to KO the opponent first.